Emergency! (1972–1979): Season 2, Episode 15 - The Professor - full transcript

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Siren Stops ]

[ Door Closes ]
What's the problem?

I haven't got the slightest, love.
Lady Rossman won't give us a hint.

She's keeping all the servants
out. She's half scared out of her wits.

Lady Rossman, I've got
some help. Lady Rossman.

Eunice, will you please
keep trying Dr. Berman?

Have the staff go to their quarters.
Come in. Quickly, please. Yes, ma'am. Yes.

It's my husband.
He's over there.

[ Whimpers ]

I found him here almost
an hour ago. An hour ago?



Has this ever
happened before? Never.

I can't understand it. Erik's
always been a very strong man.

- [ Whimpering ]
- I just wanna take a blood pressure.

Now, I wanna take off your
jacket, okay? What's his name?

Rossman. Sir Erik Rossman.

- Is he under a doctor's care?
- He saw Dr. Berman two weeks ago.

But that was just for
his annual checkup.

Oh, my head. Oh, the pain.

You just take care.
We're—We're friends.

- Friends?
- Yeah, we're friends. You just relax.

[ Whimpers ] Okay, I’m just gonna
pump this up. It's gonna be all right.

Now don't worry about it. It's okay.
Now look. See? Don't be frightened.

[ Whimpering ]
[Lady Rossman ] Erik!

Oh, my God! What's
wrong with him?



Now, okay. There,
see? I’m your friend.

Now don't be
frightened, [ Whimpers ]

Everything's gonna
be all right. [ Whimpers ]

His blood pressure's way up.

Ma'am, there's an
ambulance en route.

/suggest we get him to the
hospital as soon as possible.

I can't. I've been trying
to get Dr. Berman.

Well, maybe Dr. Berman
can meet us at the hospital.

No, no hospital.
You don't understand!

Ma'am.

Don't worry about a thing. That's all
right. You're gonna be all right. Eunice!

Eunice, have you been
able to reach Dr. Berman?

I’m still trying, ma'am.
His service can't locate him.

Well, will you please
keep trying? Yes, ma'am.

Okay. Now, just the other eye. Don't
be frightened. Don't be frightened.

Okay. There we go.

- [DeSoto] Rampart Base, this is Rescue 51.
- See? It's just alight.

No! We will prevail!

- Erik!
- We will not stop now!

The concept shall
sustain itself in spite of you.

In spite of you. In spite
of you and all the others!

This is the state of man!
Can't you understand that?

We understand, but we're
here to help you, okay?

Woman, terror in
the house doth roar,

but pity stands before the door!

Erik! Erik, please,
let them help you!

The sword sings
on the barren heath!

The sickle in
the fruitful field!

Erik, listen to me, please.

The look of soft deceit
shall win the lover's hire!

Listen, please!

Can I see another's woe
and not be in sorrow too?

Can I see another's grief
and not seek for kind relief?

On another's sorrow.

On another's sorrow.

[ Siren Wailing In Distance ]

- Ma'am?
- We used to read Blake together.

The ambulance is outside.

[ Siren Wailing ]

Tape.

Slow the drip.

Get another B.P., Dix.

I've been over his
complete medical history

at least a dozen
times with his wife, Kel.

There's absolutely
no index of suspicion.

[Sighs] Any chance that
she's covering up anything?

I kinda felt that way at first,

but after I explained to her
how terribly important it was,

and that we know the
whole truth, I'm really

convinced that she's
telling us everything.

Yeah, which is really nothing.
What about his personal physician?

Apparently, he's
out of town, vacation.

He's backpacking in the High Sierras,
and there's no way of reaching him.

But even if we could
contact him, I'm not sure

he could shed much
light on the situation.

It seems Sir Erik has
required only a routine

physical examination
for the past 10 years.

Kel, his B.P. is
higher, 240 over 140.

Let's try a methyldopa I.V.

That's super high.

Yeah, but what's causing it?

[ Siren Wailing ]

Hey, DeSoto. Yeah.

Phone call for you. All right.

Now that's an evil
look, even for you.

Yeah, well, the chick on the other
end of that phone's been calling...

every five minutes since
you guys rolled out of here.

Well, maybe it's business.

Yeah, funny business. I just
wish it was me instead of him.

Why, do you know her?
Only from a distance.

But, boy, is she beautiful.

[DeSoto] I never
thought about it that way.

I didn't know Roy
knew any chicks.

Yeah, well, when you go off sick like you
did the other day, you do miss some things.

Yeah.

Maybe it's about
time I caught up.

Don't you? Yeah.

Well, I'm glad that
you feel that way.

No, no, I'm sorry, I can't.

Uh, I promised I'd take my
family to the park tomorrow.

Yeah. Well, that's
nice. I’m glad to hear it.

Look, I gotta get going now.

Yeah, well, maybe sometime.
I'll give it a try. Okay?

Oh, no, I can't promise you
anything, but I'll give it a try.

All right. Sure. Good-bye.

Look, before you say a word,
I don't wanna talk about it.

- That's called evasion.
- That depends where you stand.

And I call it privacy.

[ Dispatcher] 10-4, Copter 2
meet Division 4 in the parking lot.

[ Whistling ]

[ Dispatcher] Phone
27, what is your location?

All right, I'll tell
you about it.

What there is to
tell, which isn't much.

Unless you wanna make
something big out of it.

At least I don't
think it's much.

When you get through debating
with yourself, let me know who won.

Well, you know, the other day, Chuck
and I went out on a run when you were sick.

Yeah. And there
was a traffic accident.

There was this girl
trapped inside of a car.

So I used the
Jaws to get her out.

Well, that's all
there was to it.

Except, uh, um...

What? She was grateful
that you got her out, right?

- That's part of it.
- Well, what's the rest of it?

Well, uh, it goes a little bit
further than just being grateful.

She's hung up on me.

Hung up on you? Yeah.

Yeah, she thinks I’m nice.

She wants me to take
her out and all that.

[ Chuckles ] You're kidding.

No, I'm not kidding. Why
is that so hard to believe?

Well, it's just that you're
a married man, that's all.

Yeah, but that doesn't mean that
girls can't still be attracted to me.

You're flipped out. You're
just plain flipped out.

Well, how am I flipped out? Well,
look, Roy, you have to remember that...

[Alarm Blares ]

[ Dispatcher] Squad
51, heart case.

Meet the fireboat
at Station 110.

Meet the fireboat
at Station 110.

Time out 1140.
Squad 51, KMG-365.

[ Garage Door Opens ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

It's dropping. Keep
an eye on it, Dix.

You know, he's a
diagnostic nightmare.

Yeah, with a history
of perfect health.

[Early] Which leaves
us right where we started,

Nowhere.

We'll start with blood
and urine catecholamines,

routine chemistries,
blood sugar,

electrolytes, blood calcium.

If that doesn't work,
maybe it'll be up to you.

That's entered my mind
too, and it's a good possibility.

What's a good possibility?

Pardon me?

I asked the question, Doctor.
What's a good possibility?

Well, first let me ask
you what you're doing in

here, and second, how
is it you're interested?

I’m Ed Duran. This is my
partner, Vince Thompson.

We're here because
Sir Erik Rossman is here.

Now, one of us will remain with him
at all times until he leaves the hospital.

Now the answer to
my question, please.

Not without next-of-kin consent.

That's very ethical,
Doctor, and commendable.

I just happen to have an
authorization from his wife.

We were discussing the possibility
that he may have a brain tumor.

What are the
other possibilities?

That we don't know.
There's any variety of things.

Well, his wife told us that you were asking
about the possibility of a drug overdose.

We've considered that.

And? [Early] There's
no history of drug use.

And according to his
wife, he's on no medication.

Well, if all that is true, then
he didn't voluntarily take a drug.

I understand he's, uh,
experiencing a deep psychosis.

Is that right? Mm, from
all appearances, yes.

Are there drugs that bring
on this kind of condition?

- Plenty of them.
- Well, then is it...

Is it possible he might have taken
one without realizing what it was?

I don't understand.

Doctor, could someone
have slipped him a drug...

that induces psychosis
without him knowing about it?

It's possible.

Well, I suggest you follow
up that possibility, Doctor.

Oh, by the way, I-I just had a
chat with the hospital administrator.

The records are
being changed now.

Your patient's name
is Smith— John Smith.

Remember that, will you, Doctor?

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Siren Stops ]

Down here. Let's move
it. What do we have?

Coast Guard got a distress
call from a sailboat off the point.

Apparently there's a
cardiac case aboard.

Oh, yeah? Can you give
us a hand, Cap? Yeah, sure.

[ Chattering ]
Stow that forward.

All right.

[ Chattering ] Yeah, that's it.

Okay?

[ Dispatcher] Fireboat 110,
this is Del Ray Harbor Patrol.

We just received word from Coast
Guard of vessel's true location.

Skipper's excitement
caused error in broadcast.

Location is Dana Point.

Coast Guard and rescue efforts
are now en route from Newport Beach.

10-4. Del Rey Boat 110,
clear and returning home.

He must have gotten
excited. Only a 60-mile error.

Well, it's a real nice ride.

Take her home, Charlie.

[ Alarm Blaring On Radio]

[ Dispatcher] Engine 110,
Engine 58, aircraft down.

In the field, east of
Lincoln, south of Jefferson.

East of Lincoln, south of
Jefferson. Timeout 1210.

There's nothing but
mud in that place.

Boat 110, advise Engine
110 not to drive onto jetty.

Go in Marina Way.

Boat 110 responding
to Ballona Creek.

10-4, Boat 110.
Ballona Creek, Charlie.

[ Siren Wailing ]

That jetty's only dry
for about four inches.

An engine company would
sink to its axle in that mud.

You think a boat like this could
get through water that shallow?

This thing is jet powered. We
can scoot right up the creek.

My guess is that the plane's
down right near the bank.

[ Siren Wailing ]

[ Siren Wailing ]

Help! I can't get out!

I can't move! The door's jammed!

I can't move!

I can't move! The door's jammed!

Get me outta here! It's liable to
go any minute. Hit the tank, Charlie.

Thanks a lot,
guys. Thanks a lot.

It's gonna blow. Let's move it!

[ Panting ]

Okay, let's get
back there and get it.

Are you all right? I’m okay.
I guess I'm a little shook.

I'm gonna get the
drug box. Look alive!

For example, that pilot in
there on that treatment table.

Yeah, he's happy to
be alive. No, no, no, no.

Didn't you pick up on that action
with the new nurse? What action?

She was eyeing him
like a hungry lioness.

You know why? You're
gonna tell me, right?

Because he's got,
uh— What do you call it?

Charisma. Charisma. Yeah.

Now don't worry. Some guys
got it, and some guys don't.

You just gotta learn
to live with it, that's all.

I mean, in your case, live without it.
You're just not gonna quit, are you?

No, I'm just trying to explain
to you why certain things are.

And you just don't
understand, Roy.

Now, keep that covered
for a couple days. It be fine.

Hi yourself.

Somebody said you wanted to see
me. Yeah, any progress on our Mr. Smith?

No, no change, except for a few more
government agents hanging around.

This place is starting
to give me the creeps.

Well, hang in there. They must
have a good reason to be here.

Well, are you in
on the big secret?

Sorry.

Well, it seems
kind of unfair to me.

- Womanly curiosity cheated, huh?
- Oh, boy, you said it.

Well, we really can't
complain, as long as

they don't interfere
with hospital operations.

Oh, really?

As of about five minutes ago, your
orders of the patient were overruled.

- Which orders?
- Well, do you recall...

asking Dr. Morton to check
Sir— I mean to check Mr. Smith?

He hasn't? Oh, he tried.

But Mr. Duran's
orders kept him from it.

- Well, we'll see about that.
- Oh, Kel.

Like you said, hang in there.

Hello, Dr. Brackett.

I think you and I have
a few things to discuss.

Well, sure, Doc. Sit down.

You may have a
legitimate function here,

but it doesn't include interfering
with what I order for my patients.

I wouldn't dream
of interfering, Doc.

Just check everything
you order through me

first. That way there
won't be any problems.

Look, I don't think you
got the message, Duran.

I'm not in the habit of asking government
agents for medical concurrence.

Look, Doc, I don't have an ax
to grind and you shouldn't either.

You've got your job,
and I've got mine.

And right now your job
is interfering with mine.

You should have checked
Dr. Morton through me.

Right now I don't even
know where Dr. Morton is.

I hope he's not a victim of
your cloak-and-dagger operation.

Did you try looking
in the patient's room?

I was told you wouldn't let
him in there. Only temporarily.

He's back on the job
now, properly cleared.

Now, if there's nothing
else, Doctor— Well, there is.

Shoot. I've been trying for the
last hour to find Sir Erik's wife.

You wouldn't happen to have any
idea where she could be found, do you?

Yes, I would. Why do
you wanna see her?

[Sighs] This situation is getting
more unusual every minute.

I wanna talk to the patient's
wife. It's part of my responsibility.

And it's my responsibility
to know why.

Look, there's no point in you and I
butting heads every time we turn around,

Fine. Then you bring
Sir Erik's wife to my office.

After that, I wanna talk to every
member of their house staff.

I don't see any need for that.

Yeah, I was sure you
wouldn't. Look, Doc—

No, you look, Duran.

Apparently, for some unknown reason Sir
Erik's health is of great concern to you.

Why? I don't know. But
right now he's my patient.

And his welfare is my concern.
Will you give me some room to work?

I’m trying to give you
some room to work,

but you must understand
there's more to this than that.

All I ask is that you
play everything through

me first, and I'll break
my neck to help you.

Well, I appreciate the gesture.

Now convince me that you're medically
qualified to, uh, make decisions...

about what I should or should
not do for the patient's welfare.

I'm not medically qualified.

But are you ready to
accept the responsibility

for the welfare of an
entire nation, Doctor?

Is he really that important?

He could be, Doc.
He really could be.

- What's with you two?
- Well, uh...

Roy thinks I’m
overbearing and irritating...

because I said he
was a little over the hill.

Well, if anybody said that to me,
I'd have pushed him over the hill.

- Oh, it's not that kind of a hill.
- What other kind of a hill is there?

Well, it's a... Uh,
it's a girl hill. Yeah.

[ Both Laughing ]

Well, if you gentlemen will excuse
me, I’m gonna go have a coffee break.

Chicken. Yeah,
you better believe it.

Uh, listen, Doc. You
wanna settle this for us?

Well, frankly— [ Phone Rings ]

Oh, saved by the bell.

Dr. Early.

Yes, this is the
nurses' station.

Who?

Well, your fifth call is the
right one. He's right here.

Roy, it's for you. Some
girl named Susan St. John.

Hello?

Yeah, yeah.

[ Chattering ]

May I borrow your sugar? Sure.

Aren't you Miss
McCall? Oh, yes, I am.

You were on my husband's
case when he was brought in.

Well, this must be
pretty rough for you.

Please, won't you sit down?

Well, I don't wanna intrude.

Are you sure you wouldn't
rather be left alone?

As a matter of fact, I’m rather
frightened of being alone.

Please, sit down.

You know, of course, that the doctors are
doing everything that they possibly can.

I just had a long talk with
Dr. Brackett and that Mr. Duran.

But everything seems
so confusing, suspicious.

Well, I imagine it's because
of your husband's work.

The government.

I almost made the dreadful
mistake of not allowing

him to be brought here
because of his work.

I don't wanna pry.
Oh, don't worry.

There's nothing I know either.

That's what I've missed so
much these past few months...

Erik and I just talking.

Discussing his work
with the university.

His love of research
and teaching.

It's been just nine months since he
took that mysterious trip to Washington.

Things just haven't been
the same since he returned...

and started working
so very hard.

Well, it sounds like you have
a very dedicated husband.

Oh, forgive me. I didn't
mean to cry on your shoulder.

Oh, don't be silly. We
all do that once in awhile.

Thank you. You're very kind.

Your husband's work, did it
seem to bother him much?

He denied it, of course,
but I did see a change.

Those long hours in the
laboratory and then home,

researching, writing.

There never seemed
to be an end to it.

In fact, I was relieved when it
was time for his annual physical.

I was concerned for his health.
He seemed so depressed.

- But he did have the physical.
- Oh, yes.

Dr. Berman gave him
a clean bill of health.

As a matter of fact,

he seemed more
cheerful after the checkup.

Maybe just hearing from the doctor
seemed to allay some of his fears.

Fears?

Well, a man of Erik's
age working so hard...

I'm sure he was privately
concerned about his health.

Dr. Berman's reassurance seemed
to put him in a better frame of mind.

Apparently he missed
something, didn't he?

Oh, I'm so frightened.

So very frightened.

What'd she say?

You wouldn't believe
me if I told you.

Try me. Why, so you
can needle me again?

Squad 51 available. [
Dispatcher] Squad 51.

Okay, maybe I was wrong.

Nice of you to admit it.

My wife thinks so too.

Thinks so too what?
That I’m kind of appealing.

Oh, that's not what
I was wrong about.

Thinking maybe I
wasn't too tactful. Sorry.

Well, then you're still insisting
I haven't got what it takes?

I Radio Beeping [

Squad 51, possible
maternity case.

107 Kelmore. 107 Kelmore.

Cross street Jackson. An ambulance
is responding. Time out 1410.

Squad 51, 10-4.

[ Siren Wailing ]

It's that young Mrs. Edmonds.
[ think she's having her baby.

You think? Al know
is she's in pain,

pregnant and she's got
the chain on the door.

You'll never get her to the
hospital in that red truck, I'll tell you.

There's an ambulance on the
way, ma'am. Oh, thank God for that.

Mrs. Edmonds, this is the
fire department. [ Whimpering ]

She's in no condition to come
to the door. Please help my baby.

I've already tried. You're
gonna have to force it open.

Go ahead, I own
it. [ Whimpering ]

It hurts! Oh, God, it
hurts! Poor darling.

I couldn't get up.
I couldn't get up.

Oh, God, help me! Poor darling.

- How close together are your pains?
- Seconds, like all the time.

But it's too early. I’m not
due for six weeks. Oh, God!

All right, here, lie flat.
Lie on your back. Oh, God!

- Is this your first one?
- No, my first was...

Oh, please, please, I can't
lose this baby. Oh, God, no.

Where's that ambulance?

It's too late now. We're gonna
have to go with the O.B. kit.

No, no, no, I want my
baby in a hospital, please.

Mrs. Murphy. You're
in good hands, darlin'.

You're in good hands.

Don't worry. We've
done this before.

You've got God
on your side, sonny.

I want my husband. I
want my husband, please.

He left this morning
on a research project.

Okay now, take it easy.
Take it easy. Relax.

It hurts. [Groaning ]

Oh, it's coming. I
feel the baby! I feel it!

[ Breathing Heavily]

[ Sobbing ] Oh, God!

Oh, God! [Groaning ]

Here.

[Baby Crying ] All right, it's a
preemie. I need an incubator.

Mrs. Murphy, do you
have any hot water bottles?

- Yes.
- We'll jury-rig one, right?

Yeah, we're gonna give it a try.

Mrs. Murphy, I want you to fill up the hot
water bottles a little hotter than warm.

Right away.

Wh-What are you doing?

Oh, you just relax. Everything
over here's gonna be fine.

It's no incubator...

[ Siren Wailing In Distance ]

[ Baby Crying ]

Respiration's improving.

Her body temperature's
up. What do you think?

You're angels of mercy.

All right. Oh!

[ Whispering, Indistinct ]

[ Sirens Wailing ]

You know, I really have
to hand it to you guys.

How did you ever think
of a contraption like this?

Superior training. I
wouldn't go that far.

It is pretty ingenious though.
How is the mother doing?

Last report, just fine, now
that she knows her baby's okay.

Where's your famous partner?

Well, looks like he's
tracking down a new nurse.

I figure it wouldn't take
him long to spot her.

It never does. See
you later, Doc. Okay.

[Woman on P.A.]
Dr. Early. Dr. Joe Early,

call Dr. Brackett
on extension 1941.

What's the matter with you?

You know what's
the matter with me.

Are you upset because I
interrupted progress in there?

You know, it wasn't like you
were gonna get anywhere.

I mean, you were
just being malicious.

L-I wasn't being malicious.

What went on in there just
goes to show you that, uh,

I’m not dead yet.

[ Engine Starts ]

That's it for me. I'm
runnin' out of questions.

What about the
tumor possibility?

Well, I called Dr. Early. He
should have the test results soon.

Well, if it is a tumor,
can it be corrected?

I can't answer that.
There's too many variables.

We'll just have to wait and see.
Well, that's the problem, Doc.

We're running out of
time. In seven days, Sir

Erik's presence in Geneva
is absolutely essential.

Well, then I suggest you start
looking for someone to replace him.

Oh, that's out of the question.

I mean, he's a major part of a very
important scientific achievement.

Without him and
his finished work,

the door is closed to the efforts of a
dozen other scientists around the world.

[Sighs] I’m sorry.

Unfortunately, that's
not good enough, Doctor.

Duran, I'm trying to tell you. I've got
three of the country's top specialists..

In this hospital right now
trying to find an answer.

That's the very best we can do.
That's the very best anybody can do.

I’m sorry, Doc, it's just that this
project is so terribly important.

I understand.

What about your theory on
someone purposely trying to drug him?

Well, I guess your blood tests ruled
that out. That's not necessarily true.

There's some drugs that don't
show up in those tests. I told you that.

Well, we checked everybody
that's been near him

for the past week. I
mean, they're all clean.

[Buzzing ]

Dr. Brackett. Yeah, Joe.

And what about the brain scan?

Okay, thanks, Joe.

Well, no sign of a
tumor. All tests negative.

Dr. Brackett.

What is wrong with him?

- [Door Opens ]
- Kel, may I see you for a minute?

I'll be in the coffee room.

Any luck?

Nothing.

Kel, this may not
be much help, but...

What, Dix?

Well, I just had a long
talk with Lady Rossman.

She mentioned that her husband
recently had a physical examination.

Yeah, I know. Picture of
health, wasn't that the findings?

- Well, yeah, you know about it then.
- Yeah, from the maid, the butler,
the personal secretary and his wife.

We talked to all of them.

Every one of them reported
on his perfect health.

- And his depression.
- What depression?

- They didn't tell you?
- No, they didn't. Come on, Dix.

Well, it's just that his wife
mentioned that he'd been depressed,

- apparently from working so hard.
- And?

Well, that's what I
thought you should know.

After his physical, she
saw an improvement.

Well, I thought maybe...

Yeah, maybe he's too proud to let
his wife know he's on medication.

Right.

Dix, if you're right...

Sharon, this is Dr. Brackett. Tell
Duran to get into my office will you?

I think he's in the coffee room.

Now we asked her a million questions.
How did you get that out of her?

Oh, just a little
woman-to-woman talk.

Well, now it's starting
to make sense.

Would you like to guess what
the maid served him for breakfast?

One very large cheese omelet.

I got your call. I think we just found
that break we've been looking for.

Get your men out to the Rossman house
and have them go through everything.

Bring me back every pill,
capsule, medicine you can find.

- You're really onto something, huh?
- Maybe.

I think Dix may have found that key
that's gonna open the door in Geneva.

Sure, Susan, I appreciate
it, and I understand too.

All right. Yeah. Well,
take care. Bye-bye.

Well, my wife's gonna appreciate that.
She just apologetically brushed me off.

[ Scoffs ] See? I told you.

It was all gratitude. Just took
a while for it to sink in, that's all.

Well, not quite. I think what
sunk in is a very deep remorse...

after giving some thought to the fact that
she could create a problem for my family.

I guess she cared so much that she
didn't wanna cause any unhappiness.

Oh, that's very noble of her. That
means no more phone calls, right?

Yeah, I'm off the hook.

By the way, you guys, there's
a new nurse over at Rampart.

- You might look into it.
- How would you know that?

Well, Johnny saw the
way she tumbled for me.

I need some help. Real help.

How about it, Chet?

I’m glad to oblige. That
shouldn't be any problem.

Oh, yeah? Well, I struck out
on my initial meeting with her.

Yeah, but see, you don't have
the whatchamacallit that Chet has.

Yeah, the charisma.
[Alarm Blaring ]

[ Dispatcher] Station 51, Engine
and Truck 8, possible jumper.

Building under construction—
820 West Rodeo.

820 West Rodeo.
Cross street Western.

Police request your
approach without siren.

Time out 1600.

Station 51, KMG-365.

[ Engine Starts ]

[ Sirens Wailing,
Horns Honking ]

Every bottle and pill
in the house right here.

Aspirin. Sweeteners.

Vitamins.

And one prescription dated
last week for Sir Erik Rossman.

Tranylcypromine.

Then we were right.

Well, mix it with an early
morning cheese omelet,

and in this case what
amounts to instant psychosis.

You've lost me, Doc. Well,
Dix got on the right track.

Sir Erik's wife noticed he was quite
depressed, which isn't really abnormal,

working under the
kind of pressure your

breach of security
rules can't reveal to us.

So, he had a physical exam.

And most likely described
his condition to Dr. Berman...

and got himself an
antidepressant prescription.

Well, it worked. His wife noticed
the improvement, but didn't know why.

You mean his
doctor's responsible?

Well, I doubt very
much that he's a spy...

or anything dramatic enough for
your cloak-and-dagger operation.

But probably through
oversight, Dr. Berman

didn't give him proper
diet instructions...

to go with the prescription.

Well, I'm trying, Doc,
but I still don't follow.

Well, it's pretty complicated,
but it goes like this.

The brain has a chemical,
monoamine oxidase.

This prescription is used for
combatting mental depression.

And food, such as
cheese, yogurt and bears...

have a natural
chemical called tyramine.

Together, tyramine and this drug
combine to explode the blood pressure.

And the result can be
symptoms ranging from

convulsions to strokes
or extreme psychosis.

- As in this case.
- Well, now that we know,
it's rather simple.

Well, the next question—
Can it be treated?

Well, you can tell your
people that Sir Erik will be

fit for a trip to Geneva
within the next few days.

Fantastic. I wish I could
tell you what this means.

Well, I'll admit, I'm curious.

Curious? I can't stand it.

[ Man ] He's on the 13th floor.
[Stanley] What is it, a 14-story building?

Right. Anybody try to
talk him off that ledge?

Yeah, me. No luck.
He's determined.

What's his name?
Bently. Robert Bently.

Cap, let me give it a try. Maybe
I can talk him out of it, huh?

You go ahead, Roy. The rest
of us will stay right back here.

Oh! All right. All right.
I won't go any further.

I’m—I'm gonna
do it. I swear I am!

- Can I ask you why?
- I have to.

I just—I just have to!

Can— Can we talk about it?

No, no, there's
nothing to say. No.

How old are ya?

- Nineteen.
- Nineteen, huh?

That's a tough age. There's
a lot of decisions, huh?

- Get off it, will ya?
- Look, I wanna talk to ya.

No, no, I've made up my mind.
There's nothing you can say.

I’m just getting up the nerve.

That's the problem. Every time I want
to do something, I haven't got the guts!

- Do you wanna help?
- That's why I'm here.

Make a grab for me.

No, no, I would rather that
you would come back in here.

No, I’m not gonna do that.

John, see if you can get
to him from the other side.

Make a grab for me.
You'll make it easier.

I can't take that kind of
responsibility. It's Robert, right?

Yeah, Robert
Bently, of the Bentlys.

The great Bentlys.

You heard of us?
No, I can't say I have.

Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami,
New York, Chicago. You name it.

Plenty of money. Power,
the whole crummy mess.

That seems like
a lot to give up.

Give up?

There's nothing to give up.

Wh—What am I? Who am I?

It's all been done. Don't
you see? There's nothing left.

There's... no
contributions, no sacrifices.

I-I'm a nothing.

A lousy, rotten nothing!

You're a human being. Now,
you just can't throw that away.

Well, you-you just watch me.
Wait. No, no, come on, reach for me.

Grab for me. It’ll
help. Please, reach.

All right, man. All
right, man. Look, I'm just

trying to help ya. I’m
just trying to help ya.

I’m not coming in.
Don't you understand?

- Okay.
- Down there.

Look out, folks, the Number
Two Bently is coming down!

Robert, is there anyone I can call?
Is there somebody you can talk to?

Yeah, Western Union.

Tell "em to send a note to Dad.

Dear old Dad.

Okay. What's the message?

Mr. Myron Bently
at 1010 Fifth Avenue.

New York.

Dear Dad.

Buzz off.

Love, Robert.

- No, no, make that— Hate, Robert.
- All right.

- You're gonna wait here
until I'm done, right?
- Or until I get the nerve.

Okay, I’m gonna
be right back, okay?

Cap, he's serious. I don't think we're
gonna be able to talk him out of there.

There's nothing else we
can do but keep trying.

I got a thought. Kelly, you think you
could keep him occupied for a while?

Well, I kept that jumper busy for two
hours last month in the Highland Towers.

Do the best you can, buddy.

Now listen. Here's what
I think we oughta do.

Let's get a block and
tackle. He'll go up on

the roof, and I'll show
you what I got in mind.

I tried it once before, you
know, but it didn't work.

That's me— Fail at everything.

- What'd you try?
- Pills. But it didn't work.

They got to me and pumped
my stomach. Locked me up.

Put a 24-hour guard on.

Oh, it's a nice place,
that sanitarium.

Make sure those
lines are secure.

I'm gonna go down
and give Kelly a hand.

You ready? Okay.

Wait, the second one. This one.

Why don't you tell me about
it? There's nothing to say.

Yesterday I ran away.

They dropped their guard and...

/-I'm a nothing. A
lousy, crummy nothing!

Don't you understand?
I'm going down, down there.

Well, that means you
must be pretty smart.

Yeah, yeah, I did. I fooled 'em.

I got away. But they shouldn't have tried
to stop me. This is what I wanted to do.

Why don't they just...

I've got him! You cheated me!

You cheated me!

You cheated me!

- I hope he gets the right kind of help.
- Well, he sure had a good start.

[Sighs]